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M.Y.BUGK.

(No Model.)

BUGGY BODY.

No. 305,507. Patented Sept. 23, 1884.

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MERRIOK Y. BUCK, OF ORAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHS 'IO DAVID A. ROAGH, WILLIAM H. ROAOH, AND BENJAMIN F.

GILLISPIE, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

BUGGY-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,507, dated September 23, 1884-.-

Application filed June 8, 1883.

(N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MERRIOK Y. Book, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crawfordsville, in the county of Montgomery and State of Indiana, haveinvented anew and useful Improvement in the Construction of Buggy-Bodies, of which the following is a specification. i

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of buggy-bodies in securing the sills, seat-rails, &c., without the aid of dovetailing or the use of screws or nails; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

2 5 Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of the corner fastenings. Fig. 3 is a sectional detached view, and Fig. 4 is a view of the iron clip detached.

In the drawings, A indicates the clip; B,

0 the seat-rail; P, the panels or sides S, the sill or. frame, and a the mortise into which the clips are driven.

In order to secure the panels tothe sills I form in the underside of thesills andthelower 3 5 edge of the panels, as shown in Fig. 1, asuitable number of mortises, a, part of which morand inserting the clip A into the mortise with 5 a side in each panel. After driving the clip A into the mortise, as above described, I insert a Wood plug into the mortise, securing the clip and making an even surface. The seatrails B are secured to'the panels by cutting a suitable number of mortises, a, partly in the upper edge of the panels and partly in the seatrails, and by drivinginto each mortise a clip, A, as in securing the panels to the sills, or, if preferred, the clip may be driven with a side each in the panel and seat-rail without the mortise c.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the use of nails and screws or dovetailed blocks is obviated, and hence thesurface of the body is not marred.

Having described my invention, what I claim is In the construction of a buggy or carriage body, the clip A, driven with a side each in the panels I? and sills S and seat-rail B, all in combination, substantially as specified.

MERRIOK Y. BUCK. 

